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cognition

[kog-nish-uhn] / kɒgˈnɪʃ ən /


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That finding suggests that substances other than caffeine may contribute to some of coffee's effects on cognition.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Thirty days later, the treated mice had improvements in skin thickness and bone mass, along with better performance on tests of learning, cognition, and balance.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

Mr. Berg is founder and director of Reciprocal Research, a nonprofit organization studying AI cognition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Some studies also suggest that chewing can help with cognition.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“It has many subdomains. It falls into an aspect of cognition that’s related to the selection of information to be processed.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

“There are intrusions of traumatic memory, there’s avoidance of salient reminders, there are negative alterations in cognitions and in mood, and there are alterations in arousal and reactivity,” Kaufman said.

From The Verge ● Apr. 27, 2022

According to hope theory, emotions follow cognitions, not the other way around.

From Time ● Jun. 17, 2015

The attitudes, cognitions, emotions, and personal values that comprise mental toughness develop as a result of repeated exposure to a variety of experiences, challenges, and adversities.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 19, 2014

Such lightning-fast cognitions are possible partly because the brain makes certain automatic assumptions: it figures that light has traveled in a straight line from the object to our eyes.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2012

A second point in which Fries differed from Kant is the view taken as to the relation between immediate and mediate cognitions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various




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